novellaaa Chapter 335 Changes in Everyone, Darian's Challenge, Senior's Visit, Extraordinary Lament!
Chapter 335 Changes in Everyone, Darian's Challenge, Senior's Visit, Extraordinary Lament!
Chapter 335 Changes in Everyone, Darian's Challenge, Senior's Visit, Extraordinary Lament!
Goods exchange point.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and the wizard in charge of exchanging resources didn't dare to breathe.
Because he knew very well the temperament of the wizard in front of him.
That was notoriously bad.
It is said that Darian grew up in the Flameheart Chapter, a chapter dominated by fire-elemental wizards, which inherited the explosive nature of fire elements and produced a considerable number of war fanatics.
Having grown up here, Darian inherited this pure bloodline, and his personality is definitely not good.
He only dared to raise his head slightly, and sure enough, he saw that the official's face was extremely ugly.
"Who redeemed it?"
His eyes flashed with accusation.
He doesn't have a top-tier physique, but condensing organs from high-grade materials would definitely be better, and could even slightly improve the quality of his physique.
Fire Abyss Crystal!
He didn't want to miss out.
Even if he were to be traded, he wanted to see if there were other options. If the wizard's background was ordinary, he wouldn't mind using the warband's help.
no way.
This world is a dog-eat-dog world.
The wizard in charge of the exchange seemed to have anticipated this situation and quickly said, "My lord, I have already checked for you in advance. The one exchanging this material is Ian, a newly promoted second-circle wizard of the academy. His teacher is the Dean of the Four Symbols Academy, and he himself is also a great scholar of the academy. He is currently said to be involved in the project to crack the Flame Demon."
"I...Ian?"
On the other hand, Darian's expression became somewhat serious.
Although he had never met this person, Ian was quite famous in the academy.
The core is paramount.
The youngest scholar.
More importantly, this guy is backed by Kilan, the headmaster of the Four Symbols Institute.
"Kiran!"
Darian murmured. He only remembered that once at a banquet with the chapter leader, someone mentioned this name, and the chapter leader looked wary at the time.
The other second-ring wizards also looked grim.
He asked why.
It turns out that Kieran was the academy's supernova back then, and the Flameheart Band were all battle maniacs, so naturally many of them challenged him.
But below the same level.
No one had ever won against him, and even the leader of the Flameheart Battle Group challenged him once after he became the leader.
Nobody knows the outcome.
But later everyone knew that the leader's body would involuntarily tremble when he mentioned Zilean.
hesitate.
Darian's initial idea of using his background to intimidate others vanished instantly; he felt he couldn't intimidate them at all.
When is the redemption period?
But he still felt unsatisfied and prepared to ask.
"One month ago."
The wizard answered quickly.
"A month ago? It shouldn't have been used yet."
Darian's eyes flickered.
He was still unwilling to give up.
"I have to go to the academy."
He gritted his teeth. No matter what, he had to try his best to go see her; perhaps there was still a chance.
He gritted his teeth.
They left quickly, soon found the fastest airship to the academy, and boarded it.
Darian's unauthorized departure was quickly reported, as he had other missions to complete.
The person in charge here was a vice-captain of the Flameheart Battle Group, who was quite angry.
But when he heard that he was going to cause trouble for Kieran's new students, his anger subsided considerably.
"Ian? Hmph, Kieran can fight, I don't believe this student can either."
the other side.
At the testing ground.
Looking at the mess below, Ian slowly flew down from the sky.
After some testing, he determined that his combat power was now far greater than before.
Compared to before cohesion.
They're not even in the same league.
After leaving the testing ground, he headed to the alchemy department. Today was another weekly meeting, and he had taken leave once before, but he couldn't miss it this time.
Enter the Alchemy Department.
Wizards kept greeting Ian along the way.
"I feel like Lord Ian's aura is different from before."
"So you feel this way too? Me too. Before, I just suppressed it instinctively, but now it feels like I'm facing a ferocious beast with its teeth bared above my head."
The two wizards watched Ian's departing figure, one of them clutching his heart, feeling the pressure.
But they can't feel it.
But when Ian walked into the conference room, Augusto, who was sitting inside, glanced at him and instantly noticed something was different.
He looked Ian up and down.
"You've advanced to the early stage of the second ring?" He was somewhat uncertain.
"Yes, sir, I just advanced."
Ian replied.
Congratulations!
Augusto instinctively offered his congratulations, but also gasped.
It's only been a year.
This means you've advanced to the early stage of the second ring, which is quite fast.
As he offered his congratulations, the other three people happened to walk in at the same time.
"Is it early stage of the Second Ring Road?"
Elgar first looked Ian up and down, his eyes flickering.
Alberto frowned.
and many more.
He then remembered that Ian, whom he had been comparing himself to, had not yet advanced to the early stage of the second ring.
Not really.
His gaze became complicated.
Leo also came over with a smile to congratulate him.
The second ring may seem insignificant at first, but it is actually a threshold. Once you cross it, you will truly enter the process of elementalization.
That is the true second-circle wizard.
The changes are enormous.
Ian quickly felt this change as well, and at today's meeting, he seemed to be asked for his opinion much more often.
The level of importance attached to it has increased.
"Once this batch of analyses is complete, we'll need to start making the outermost shell of the magic-breaking circle. I can handle that. How about this, Ian, you'll be my assistant this time."
Elgar looked around, his gaze lingering on Alberto and Ian's faces for a moment before speaking.
This surprised the wizards present.
Because he didn't choose his student as his assistant, but instead chose Ian.
"Teacher, I think I have no problem with the production aspect."
Alberto then spoke up.
Ian was also surprised. He thought that this matter would be over for him, but it turned out that it was not over yet.
"Alright, you all go together."
Elgar pondered for a moment, then spoke.
He originally wanted to take this opportunity to see Ian's talent for production alone, but he couldn't be in too much of a hurry.
After all, he had just advanced.
Let's go together.
After leaving the conference room, Ian returned to the laboratory and continued to refine the components of the Balrog. The last component had a chance to reach the halfway point of refinement.
They should be advancing in two months.
In the blink of an eye.
Three days have passed.
That day, Ian was in the lab when someone knocked on the door. He opened it and there was Thea.
"Thea, what's wrong?"
Looking at the silver-haired Thea, Ian asked.
Currently, he is the only person in his lab because the basic materials are all good.
"Ian, there's a wizard outside who wants to see you, and he doesn't seem to have any good intentions," Thea said quickly.
.
"A wizard wants to see me?"
'
Ian was taken aback.
Who would want to see him? He hasn't offended anyone lately.
No, wait, there actually is one.
"Could it be from the Flameheart Legion?"
Ian suddenly asked.
"Ian, how did you know?"
Thea was surprised.
"Okay, I'll go meet her."
Ian nodded, understanding that he would probably have to go and meet with them anyway.
They soon arrived at the alchemy department.
By this time, a number of wizards had gathered around. Ian saw a tall wizard standing not far away, whose robes bore the emblem of the Flameheart Chapter, a burning flame.
As for his aura, it seems that he has not yet condensed extraordinary organs.
"Hello, I'm Ian."
Ian walked out slowly.
Darian, hearing the commotion in the crowd, turned his head and saw Ian.
"Ian, I've come here this time to..."
'
His mouth was half open, but he couldn't close it, his gaze fixed on Ian.
At this moment, Ian generously exuded the aura of someone at the early stage of the second ring.
He could even feel the surging energy of the extraordinary organs within his body.
His lips twitched.
But he still wouldn't give up.
"you...
'
"I used it."
Upon seeing Ian's direct answer, Darian felt as if a stone was pressing on his chest.
He realized he had made a wasted trip.
As a battle maniac, he instinctively wanted to fight, but looking at Ian, who was already at the early stage of the second ring, he knew he was no match for him.
Cohesion and lack thereof are two different levels.
There was a few seconds of silence.
He stared into Ian's eyes: "I'll come back to you in three months at most. We'll have a fight, and if you win, I'll be completely convinced."
Done.
He turned and left towards the main road without lingering for even a second.
"Darian?"
Ian was now completely certain that this was the wizard from the Flameheart Warband who was competing with him.
This can only be described as an undeserved disaster.
But there was no way he could let this document go. As for whether they really had to fight, then so be it.
He hasn't fought a single battle since advancing to the second ring!
But what Ian didn't expect was that night.
Derek found him; he was the only Kieran student currently at the academy, and he was usually in charge of many matters related to the division.
The meeting took place in a teahouse.
"Ian, congratulations on advancing."
Derek's shrewd eyes swept Ian up and down, and his gaze softened as he looked at Ian.
It took about a year to advance to the early stage of the second ring road.
This speed was only slightly slower than Celis Morningstar among Kieran's students.
It can only be said that he truly deserves to be called a condensed four-element extraordinary physique.
"Senior, I wonder why you're looking for me?"
Ian looked puzzled.
"It's about Darian." Derek told him about the conflict between Kieran and the Flameheart Chapter.
"I can't believe there's such a relationship."
Ian frowned.
"Basically, every one of the teacher's students has encountered something like this. For example, Celis was challenged by countless wizards from the Flameheart Warband. Although she was very strong, she still had a lot of trouble."
"But you have a four-elemental extraordinary physique, the same as the teacher's, so it's even less likely you can dodge it," Derek continued.
Ian frowned even more.
"But it may not necessarily be a bad thing. The teacher actually knows about this, so it is actually a kind of test."
"test?"
Ian's eyes flickered for a moment.
He was somewhat interested in that, since Kieran's test was one where you could basically get benefits as long as you passed it.
"Junior, you should understand now."
"7
Derek said with a smile.
"Thanks for the reminder, senior," Ian said.
"But I didn't call you here today for that reason," he said with a smile.
"Oh?"
Ian was curious.
"The supplier of magical plants for the previous branch had a problem, so we may need a new supplier here. And your chamber of commerce seems to mainly deal in alchemical resources and magical plants, right? I think it's pretty good, so I've reported it to them."
Derek said with a smile.
This is also one of the benefits of selling Ian.
Actually, he had planned this beforehand, after all, Ian was already quite famous when he was in the first ring.
He was also observing during this period.
It's said that he was involved in a core project in the Alchemy Department, although it's unclear what it is, but Ian is said to have done a very good job.
Now that he has advanced to the early stage of the second ring, he has finally made his decision.
Ian was naturally both surprised and delighted.
The Byers Merchant Guild is currently being run by his mentor, Horton. Low-level supplies are rarely sold, but high-level supplies are very difficult to sell, not only because of price pressure, but also because of distribution channels.
Horton had spoken with him before.
He was still thinking about how to solve it, but if he had this approach, then it wouldn't be a problem anymore.
He also has a share and can receive a portion of the profits, which is very important to him, given the vast amount of resources he needs.
"Thank you, senior."
Ian expressed his deep gratitude.
"It's what we should do among fellow disciples."
Derek looked at Ian with a smile.
He was curious too.
How long can Ian stay at the academy?
And three months later, will he be able to defeat Darian, who is also in the early stages of the second ring? Because in just three months, there will be almost no significant improvement.
But the latter had been tempered by the flames of war since its first stage.
I want to defeat him.
It is definitely not a simple matter.
Saying goodbye to Derek.
Ian took out the fire element crystal and began his cultivation, replenishing the Four Symbols Furnace.
The reason for not using elemental crystallization.
This is because the growth of extraordinary organs cannot rely solely on this thing; it also requires various extraordinary materials to supplement it.
Even if extraordinary organs do not receive elemental crystals and the replenishment of these materials for a long time.
Organs will inevitably decline.
It could even collapse.
"Therefore, there is no turning back when it comes to condensing extraordinary organs."
Ian shook his head.
Wizards also called this state of decline "the extraordinary lament."
This is why almost all second-ring wizards become very busy as soon as they advance, even busier than first-ring wizards.
"Like the Four Symbols Furnace, I can sense that because it is so powerful, the time for the extraordinary lamentation will be shorter, which is about five years. If it cannot be completely condensed within five years, even if it consumes materials afterward, the progress will be quite slow."
Therefore, top-tier extraordinary physiques are actually exclusive to top-tier gifted wizards.
Ian's eyes flickered.
This is why Ian wants to earn more resources; he needs them.
Only with sufficient resources could he condense the extraordinary organ within five years.
"Of course, besides resources, I also need greater talent."
Ian took a deep breath.
Chen Hui only meets the threshold of top-tier physique, but he hasn't reached the point where he can easily condense it.
He walked to the bedside, looking at his wizarding territory and the botanical garden in the distance, which was now showing signs of decay.
Ian took a deep breath.
"This is just the beginning."